Derleth is right about the after-sales service being proprietary. And some high-end makers do make money mainly on that.
You understand what the word “profit” means, right? Nothing you have said here contradicts the point made by Derleth, which is that these companies want to turn a profit, and Bentley did exactly that.
Your figures show profit at 5.6% of revenue (112 million / 2 billion).
In 2015, General Motors earned a record $9.7 billion in profit on $152.4 billion in revenue. That’s a profit/revenue figure of 6.4%, not that much higher, in percentage terms, than Bentley.
Hey! The Continental GT and GT Speed aren’t lardasses! Okay, well, they are lardasses at 5200lbs, but its got a 600+hp V-12 in it good for 0-100 in 9 secs and 205mph top speed!
